The "Missouri Compromise" worked out well, didn't it.
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?” ― Margaret Thatcher
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. - Margaret Thatcher
So many "Kasich Republicans" on this board these days.
Evidently if one desires to be admitted to the Republican Party nowadays, one must leave one's testicles, along with one's principles, at the door.
If being a mealy-mouth "conservative" in the mold of a John Kasich, a Paul Ryan, or a Jeb! is what is required to be a member in good standing of the GOP, I want nothing to do with "conservatism." Or the GOP.
Don’t be foolish. Thatcher was talking about compromising with the Left, not among members of her own governing coalition. No one is asking you or anyone else to abandon principles. However, you...and people who think like you...need to realize that others have principles too, but may hold theirs in a different priority order than you do. There isn’t a single pure adult human being on the planet, including you, principles notwithstanding. The Left is my enemy. Fellow conservatives and Republicans are not. When I have areas of disagreement with my friends, I work to find common ground. To do otherwise is self-destructive. So now it seems the Freedom Caucus regrets what happened and they are looking for ways to resurrect the Ryan bill while putting a full repeal on the House floor for a vote. In other words, they are seeking a compromise.